E-letter: Briefs

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-11] Stratos Global has been selected by shipping company Reederei Claus-Peter Offen (CP Offen) to provide Inmarsat FleetBroadband airtime services for its entire fleet of 122 commercial vessels,...

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-11] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) will sponsor the five-day 62nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Cape Town, South Africa, SSTL announced Sept. 27.    The company said...

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-11] Marlink and Thrane & Thrane have entered a partnership agreement to support and enhance Thrane & Thrane’s new Sailor 900 VSAT antenna, which was released earlier this...

[Satellite TODAY 09-27-11] Raytheon has completed the preliminary design review for the Global Positioning System Next Generation Operational Control System (GPS OCX), which determined the program’s development approach, cost estimates and delivery...

[Satellite TODAY 09-27-11] Wholesale 4G LTE hybrid network operator LightSquared signed a wholesale agreement with AirTouch Communications to develop telecommunications products that can converge the service to include voice, data,...

[Satellite TODAY 09-27-11] Canadian satellite and technology company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has received two contract amendments from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) totaling $9.18 million, MDA announced Sept....

[Satellite TODAY 09-27-11] German communications technology developer Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) unveiled its new 600 MHz oscilloscope as part of its RTO high-performance product line, the company announced Sept. 26....

[Satellite TODAY 09-26-11] Lockheed Martin Space Systems won an arbitration dispute with operator SES over an antenna anomaly that was discovered on a Lockheed-built commercial telecommunications satellite, the companies confirmed...

[Satellite TODAY 09-26-11] The Slovak national transmission company Towercom will start using a fifth transponder Oct. 1 under a contract it signed for capacity on a SES Astra satellite, Towercom...

[Satellite TODAY 09-26-11] Globecomm Systems, a global provider of communications solutions and services, has been awarded a contract from an unnamed U.S. Government agency valued at $1.9 million, the company...